Supermax incarceration and recidivism

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1131-1166

  Mears, Daniel P ^a   Bales, William D ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incarceration; Recidivism; Reentry; Supermax

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949089526     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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